Narine, Vettori, Levi amongst award winners

Talented West Indies spinner Sunil Narine was named the Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2012 at the LG ICC Awards in Colombo. The 24-year-old from Trinidad, follows in the footsteps of last year's winner and fellow West Indies bowler, Devendra Bishoo, in claiming the award. Narine played in three Tests for the West Indies claiming 12 wickets at an average 31.50, while in the 15 ODIs he played in he claimed 28 wickets at an average of 18.82.

Narine was the top choice of the 32-person voting academy, coming out ahead of Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal, Doug Bracewell of New Zealand and Australia's James Pattinson.

A delighted Narine, upon receiving the award, said: "We've a good junior set-up so hopefully the awards keep coming for us. I think this has been the best 12 months for me and I just keep adapting the best as possible. Hopefully I can keep going the best I can and keep competing for the West Indies. I need to digest this and this one step at time and enjoy every minute that I play. This award means a lot for me and it's an encouragement to keep going and continue to improve. I dedicate this award to my father who kept pushing me, who took me to the Queen's Park Oval regularly and told me I would have my moment and I'd like to thank him for his help and all my family who support me."

Daniel Vettori won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award for his fine gesture in the match against Zimbabwe when he decided not to appeal for a run-out after he had come in the path of Malcom Waller at the non-striker's end. Upon receiving the award, Vettori said: "It was the right thing to do at the time and we as a team try and play with the right spirit of cricket. It's hard to define the spirit of cricket, but go out on the field with the general mind sight to play the game in the right way and always in the right frame of mind. I still think in trying to win a world tournament you have to try and win it in the right way and always with the spirit of cricket in mind."

Young Irish left-arm spinner George Dockrell was named the ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year, chosen ahead of the likes of Kevin O'Brien, Ed Joyce and Paul Stirling as well as Afghanistan's Dawlat Zadran. The delighted 20-year-old said upon winning the award: "It's great to win such an award and especially to be following the footsteps of an esteemed group of players like William Porterfield and Ryan ten Doeschate and only at the age of 20, I feel very honoured."

South Africa opening batsman Richard Levi won the ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year for his 51-ball 117 not out against New Zealand. Upon collecting the award, the 24-year-old from Johannesburg said: "I don't remember much of the innings but I regularly get reminded of it. When any sportsman performs well, with T20 cricket it either comes off or it doesn't and for me it came off that day."

Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena was the recipient of the David Shepherd Trophy after being named the umpire of the year. Dharmasena accepted his award from Graham Gooch and said: "This award means a lot to me, after playing cricket for 12 years. It's for the Sri Lankan umpires and the community who looked after my growth. Honestly, I feel I had a great year on and off the field and I feel having been a cricketer has helped me with my decision making as an umpire and to give better decisions."

England's Sarah Taylor was named Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year while West Indies' Stafanie Taylor was the Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year. Both the players, who were not at the awards function, conveyed their greetings through recorded messages.